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     The Berom (sometimes also spelt as Birom) is the largest autochthonous ethnic group in the Plateau State, central Nigeria. Covering about four local government areas, which include Jos North, Jos South, Barkin Ladi (Gwol) and Riyom, Berom are also found in southern Kaduna Statelocal government areas.       The Berom speak the Berom language, which belongs to the Plateaubranch of Benue–Congo, a subfamily of the large Niger–Congo language family. It is not related to the Hausa language(which belongs to the Afro-Asiatic family) or other Afro-Asiatic languages of Plateau State, which are Chadic languages. Contents 1 Culture 1.1 Festivals 1.1.1 Nzem Berom 1.1.2 Mandyeng Culture The Berom people have a rich cultural heritage. They celebrate the Nzem Berom festival annually in March or April. Other festivals include Nzem Tou Chun (worongchun) and Wusal Berom. Its one of the major aborigine groups in Nigeria (Plateau State) that believes in a Judeo-Christian God (Dagwi). Festivals So

The United States Government has pledged to support Nigeria in ensuring a transparent, credible and peaceful general election next year. The United States Consular, John Bray, made the pledge during the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day organised by the US Consulate in Lagos. The event with the theme: ‘Media and transparency of the 2019 election’, touched on issues bordering on media transparency, safety of journalists and electoral disputes. While the former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Dr. Chidi Odinkalu, spoke on media transparency, Professor of Political Science and former vice-chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State, Femi Mimiko, spoke on media and electoral disputes. Also, the Zonal Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Police Zone II Command, CSP Dolapo Badmus, spoke on the safety of the media, while the panel, comprising the aforementioned and the President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE), Mrs. Funke Egbemode and Chairman of th

A 33-year-old woman identified as Sokari West was allegedly stabbed to death yesterday by her husband during a fight in their house in Buguma, Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. Daily Sun gathered that the victim, a mother of two, had a quarrel with her husband, Ibisaki, a native of Minama community in the same local government area, over her alleged refusal to prepare a meal for the family, which later led to a fight. According to community sources, the victim had allegedly refused to prepare the meal as ordered by her husband on Saturday, and went out to celebrate her birthday with friends and returned late in the night. The sources further disclosed that the couple has had several marital crises in the past, which led to their separation, but they later reconciled after the intervention of their families. Also, they said that, while the couple engaged in the fightthat claimed the woman;s life, the husband broke a bottle and stabbed the woman on the thigh with

The Word Communication Ministry in Ibadan yesterday joined other churches in the country to protest spate of killings by suspected herdsmen. Members of the church, following a directive from Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), after the Sunday service, were seen carrying placards with various inscriptions to protest herdsmen’s killings in Nigeria and government’s insensitivity to killings of Christians, among others. The church’s Senior Pastor, Sunday Popoola called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the spate of killings by herdsmen in the country and urged him to eschew tribalism, ethnic cleansing and nepotism. “We are sad and worried because too many lives are, unnecessarily, being wasted. There’s no way ordinary herdsmen will have access to AK47. And again, what has herdsmen have to do with churches. They went to church, killed worshippers and priests. Is that herdsmen and farmers’ issue? “We believe this is ethnic cleansing and that the security agencies have been

Eight heavyweight politicans are struggling for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Demoractic Party (PDP). They are Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Alhaji Sule Lamido, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, Alhaji Bala Mohammed, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, Gombe State Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo and his Ekiti State counterpart, Ayodele Fayose. More aspiratns may still join the race. Deputy News Editor Bunmi OGUNMODEDE examines the contestants. Who becomes the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for next year’s election? The major preoccupation of the PDP is to secure the country.  Hence, the need to appraise the qualities and character of the major individuals that have so far expressed interest in the presidency on the platform of the party. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Atiku is a household name as far as Nigerian politics is concerned. He has been in the political arena of the country since he retired from the Nigerian Custom Service. He contested the 1993 president

El-Rufai: Army battalion for Birnin-Gwari Barely three days after Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris visited Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State over the spate of killngs, bandits at the weekend killed 45 people, including women and children. Condemning the attack, Governor Nasir El-Rufai said the Federal Government’s plan to establish an Army battalion in Birnin-Gwari would soon be implemented. During his visit, the IG ordered immediate deployment of additional 200 policemen in the area. The bandits stormed Gwaska village around 2:30pm on Saturday, killing 45 people and setting many houses ablaze. Kaduna State Police Commissioner Austin Iwar, in a telephone interview with our correspondent, confirmed the 45 casualty figure. The CP also confirmed that the incident occurred in Gwaska, a Birnin Gwari village close to Zamfara State. Members of the Birnin-Gwari Vanguard for Security and Good Governance, who pleaded for anonymity, said the gunmen